Kazakh

Also known as Kazakh language, Qazaq, Qazaq language, Qazaqşa

Turkic language in Central Asia, state language of Kazakhstan

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Kazakh is a Turkic language spoken in Central Asia and is the official state language of Kazakhstan. It matters because it serves as the primary means of communication for millions of people in Kazakhstan and represents an important part of the country's national identity and governance.

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Wikimedia language code: kk-latn
Commons category: Kazakh language
native label: қазақ тілі
short name: qazaqsha
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAZ
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A Kazakh speaker, recorded in Taiwan A Kazakh speaker, recorded in Kazakhstan

Kazakh is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia by the Kazakhs. It is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz and Karakalpak. It is the official language of Kazakhstan, and has official status in the Altai Republic of Russia. It is also a minority language in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China, and in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. The language is also spoken by many ethnic Kazakhs throughout the former Soviet Union (some 472,000 in Russia according to the 2010 Russian census), Germany, and Turkey.